diff --git a/developer/pom.xml b/developer/pom.xml
index be14494b047..0eb18bf2d3f 100644
--- a/developer/pom.xml
+++ b/developer/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
diff --git a/engine/storage/integration-test/pom.xml b/engine/storage/integration-test/pom.xml
index 46c316116ca..dc4065e5988 100644
--- a/engine/storage/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/engine/storage/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+      <!--  TODO: Is this version override required -->
       <version>4.2.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>${cs.mysql.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
       </plugin>
        <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>generate-resource</id>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/pom.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/pom.xml
index 0309a422499..ae9708cba98 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/ucs/pom.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@
     <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-plugin-hypervisor-ucs</artifactId>
-  <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache CloudStack Plugin - Hypervisor UCS</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/pom.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/pom.xml
index 9621f499d3b..66b6b1d5803 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xen/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xen/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+      <!-- TODO: Check if we need this version override -->
       <version>4.2.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/pom.xml b/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/pom.xml
index a0fa242a802..8c63ebf809c 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/dns-notifier/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     <version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
-  <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
   <artifactId>cloud-plugin-example-dns-notifier</artifactId>
   <name>Apache CloudStack Plugin - Dns Notifier Example</name>
   <description>This is sample source code on how to write a plugin for CloudStack</description>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/pom.xml b/services/secondary-storage/pom.xml
index 2015ce01b3b..b2f10f9b74a 100644
--- a/services/secondary-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.14</version>
         <configuration>
          <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
          <systemPropertyVariables>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index eb6970571e1..d04a04541c8 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.log4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+            </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -44,12 +43,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.trilead</groupId>
             <artifactId>trilead-ssh2</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.trilead.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+            </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>apache-log4j-extras</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.log4j.extras.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/tools/devcloud-kvm/pom.xml b/tools/devcloud-kvm/pom.xml
index 6c1b543d4ac..c95cf42e988 100644
--- a/tools/devcloud-kvm/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/devcloud-kvm/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.21</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/tools/devcloud/pom.xml b/tools/devcloud/pom.xml
index 51b40f09db6..aa1a7dbcac4 100644
--- a/tools/devcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/devcloud/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.21</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/tools/marvin/pom.xml b/tools/marvin/pom.xml
index a23c6529be2..086924859d1 100644
--- a/tools/marvin/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/marvin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>clean</id>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 9633109d8b1..a7c5a2d48d5 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <name>Apache CloudStack Developer Tools</name>
-    <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
     <artifactId>cloud-tools</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>